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Constipation spoilt rare visit
with eldest daughter
(yesterday - November twenty sixth
two thousand twenty two)
currently housed near
Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
Less than twelve hours
after a tail comprising
handful of prunes,
four psyllium husk capsules,
plus three dulcolax.
Myself and missis
privy to meet our grand kittens
(tortoiseshell synonymous tabby cats
patterned with small blotches of white
referred to as "tortico,"
a portmanteau
of "tortie" and "calico."
We immensely enjoyed
the company of our eldest
oftentimes referred as "star student"
when as a little girl and adolescent
in grade, middle and high school,
she exhibited a penchant
as high achieving
(academically gifted) progeny,
who avidly enrolled
in advanced placement classes
(while also participating
in orchestra, track and field,
including other extracurricular activities),
and succeeded mastering challenging
rigorous material with flying colors,
thus no surprise when
acceptance notice with full scholarship
arrived courtesy
University of Pennsylvania.
I just asked her permission
to share the filial bonding of
first born with said father and mother
who (though financially
and emotionally challenged)
enjoyed the role of parenthood,
and consider (both) progeny
as an unwitting mentor
teaching me how
to become more selfless,
plus allowing, enabling, and providing
an opportunity to learn how
to play games without frontiers,
and not feeling sorry
to lose more'n an uno
of an ounce of manhood.
An agonizing lower gastrointestinal ache,
whereby sharp jagged pains
shot thru gluteus maximus
(grossly hyperbolically analogous
to being disemboweled)
sabotaged ability to enjoy
the topnotch perfect hospitality,
yet I did try to distract myself
getting acquainted
with two adorable
four footed creatures
with scientific name felis catus.
Worse case scenario of bowel obstruction
found yours truly
entering inescapable
catastrophization realm
far more frightful
than outer limits of twilight zone,
where dark shadows
haunt psyche as though
one entered night gallery
filled with gruesome pictures
emblematic of macabre scenes.
Despite aggravating, debilitating,
gnawing, jabbing, maddening
spasms akin to daggers
plaguing one or another sphincter muscles,
I did manage (as iterated above)
to jump/kick start socialization.
Twinge of disappointment arose
to bring affable family rapprochement
to a premature close
methought recollected how rare,
when broach of estrangement erupted
somewhat analogous envisioning
gushing geyser like phenomena,
how Old Faithful steadily grows
less pronounced over time
contention twixt me
and daughter number one
soon bitterness vanquished
and lingering hostility dissolved
we no longer appear
as strong forces (think
like magnetic poles) that oppose
each other, but rancor
diminished into infinity of zeroes.
